有声书 | The Jumping Frog 卡城名蛙 05

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书名：

The Jumping Frog 

《卡城名蛙》

作者：

Mark Twain

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5

Chapter Five: The Big Bet

After some time, Smiley returned holding a frog and said, "Now put him next to Daniel, with his front paws① in the same place. I'll give the word②!"

Then Smiley said, "One - two - three - GO!" He and the stranger pushed the frogs from behind. The new frog jumped forward, but Daniel didn't budge③. He tried to move his shoulders, but he was anchored④ to the floor. Smiley was very surprised and unhappy.

The stranger won the bet. "Well," he said, "I don't see anything special about this frog." He took the money and left.

Smiley looked at Daniel for a long time. Finally he said, "What has happened to Daniel? He looks terribly fat."

He caught Daniel by the back of his neck and lifted him. "Cat's alive⑤!!! You weigh five pounds⑥!"

He turned Daniel upside down, and the frog spit out⑦ a big number of shotgun pellets .

Now he understood what happened to Daniel. Smiley was furious.

He looked for the stranger everywhere⑧, but he never found him. Simon Wheeler's story ended here. I didn't really want to hear another story about Smiley's bets, so I got up from my chair and left .

Words

① paws：爪。

② give the word：发号令。

③ budge：移动。

④ anchored：固定。

⑤ “cats alive！”：感叹句。

⑥ five pounds：约 2。5 公斤。

⑦ spit out：吐出。

⑧ everywhere：四处。

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